Articles: Nostalgia

Our thanks to Barry Bunting for a couple of intriguing photo’s of Doreen and himself in 1969 on the ‘Peninsular’ (bird feeding area) of the park. In the picture of Barry – it is amazing how well maintained the North Bank is.

But what is the structure at the top in the middle – about where the ice cream van stands nowadays? Other things we note is the condition of the lake edging and a white swan! Oh! and they even snapped trees off in 1969!

If anyone has any old photo’s of the park we’d love to see them. Email them to us and we’ll post – especially if you have a park story to go with it.

Sandall Park – The Book. A comprehensive account about the trials and tribulations of an urban park.

Written by local historian Symeon Mark Waller the book contains fascinating details of the ‘Sandall’ area long before it became a park and includes brilliant first hand accounts of the park from the beginning right up to the problems from the early 90’s and the birth of the Friends of Sandall Park.

The book can be purchased direct from ourselves, from the Doncaster Tourist Information Office (£6.50) and is even available via Amazon for your Kindle.